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Pendleside Hospice

Auxiliary Nurse

Hospice at Home

37.5 Hours, 5 day over 7 day flexible rota

£10.92 - £11.36 (dependent on NVQ) Pay award pending
Includes pay for unsociable hours

We are currently recruiting for an Auxiliary Nurse to join us, working as part of our Hospice at Home Multi-disciplinary team in the Burnley and Pendle community.

You will ensure consistently high standards of individualised care is delivered, together with compassion and bereavement support. Our aim is to make living with dying better for patients and their families and as a Health Care Professional, you will be there for people in their time of need. If you are enthusiastic and have a passion for palliative care, you may be the person we are looking for.

Flexibility will be essential to apply your skills, along with positivity and enthusiasm and you will have the communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to thrive in a friendly working environment.

Full Drivers Licence and use of own car with business insurance is essential.

Employees joining Pendleside Hospice from the NHS may continue with their NHS pension.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this position.

Informal enquiries to: [email protected]

Closing date: Wednesday, 3rd April 2024

For further information please download the Auxiliary Nurse Recruitment Pack.

Please read the 'Guidelines for on-line Application Form' before applying for this vacancy.

To complete a job application form please click the ‘Job Application form’ tab at the
top left of this page.

If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of a closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful and, in an attempt to cut costs, you will not automatically be informed.

Thank you

HOSPICE PHYSICIAN

FULL TIME/PART TIME

£93,707 - £105,244 (FTE dependent on experience)

Opportunity to join Burnley and Pendle’s leading provider of specialist palliative care, rated “Outstanding” with the Care Quality Commission.

As part of our ongoing service development, we are seeking to appoint a Hospice Physician or Physicians to join our medical team.

If you have an interest in working in palliative and end of life care, this is an excellent opportunity to join us working as part of a multi­dis­cip­linary team of doctors, nurses and allied health care professionals. You will act as a source of clinical care to people with advancing long term and life limiting illnesses, demonstrating consistently high standards of individualised care, compassion and support.

The role would suit someone who may or may not have palliative care experience but who has a clear passion for supporting people approaching the end of their life. Working across all Hospice Clinical Services with an emphasis on inpatients you will have responsibility for ensuring the needs of patients referred to the Hospice, and those important to them, are met as well as influencing the development of clinical services.

Available flexibly either on a full time, part time or on a sessional basis, working Monday – Friday, it includes participating in the medical out of hours on-call rota. 

At Pendleside Hospice, you will find a fantastic team spirit and a commitment to developing you and your skills so that you can choose a long term career with us. The Hospice would also be willing to fully fund a postgraduate certificate in palliative medicine.

The Hospice is able to make employer’s contributions to the post holder’s personal pension plan or to the NHS pension scheme (subject to status). In addition, we will reimburse the full cost of relevant professional indemnity premiums. All Pendleside employees enjoy fully-subsidised meals and refreshments while on duty, free car parking and free membership of the Benenden Healthcare Society.

We are tremendously proud of the Hospice and the vital services we provide, and our medical team is fundamental to our present and future effectiveness. If you have an interest in working with people with life-limiting illnesses and feel that Pendleside could be the place for you, please contact any of the following in confidence:

Anne Huntley (Clinical Services Manager): 01282 440111 or [email protected]

Helen McVey (Chief Executive): 01282 440104 or [email protected]

We would be delighted to make arrangements for you to visit the Hospice and to provide all the information you may need to help you make your decision to apply for the post.

Closing date: Thursday, 28th March 2024

(Vacancy may close earlier dependent on number of applications received)

For further information please download the IPU Staff Nurse Recruitment Pack.

Please read the 'Guidelines for on-line Application Form' before applying for this vacancy.

To complete a job application form please click the ‘Job Application form’ tab at the
top left of this page.

If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of a closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful and, in an attempt to cut costs, you will not automatically be informed.

Thank you

Auxiliary Nurse

Hospice at Home

Temporary 12 month fixed term contract

22.5 Hours, 3 day over 7 day flexible rota (Pay award pending)
£10.92 - £11.36 (dependent on NVQ)
Includes pay for unsociable hours

We are currently recruiting for an Auxiliary Nurse to join us, working as part of our Hospice at Home Multi-disciplinary team in the Burnley and Pendle community.

You will ensure consistently high standards of individualised care is delivered, together with compassion and bereavement support. Our aim is to make living with dying better for patients and their families and as a Health Care Professional, you will be there for people in their time of need. If you are enthusiastic and have a passion for palliative care, you may be the person we are looking for.

Flexibility will be essential to apply your skills, along with positivity and enthusiasm and you will have the communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to thrive in a friendly working environment.

Full Drivers Licence and use of own car with business insurance is essential.

Employees joining Pendleside Hospice from the NHS may continue with their NHS pension.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this position.

Informal enquiries to: [email protected]

Closing date: Friday, 12th April 2024

For further information please download the Auxiliary Nurse Recruitment Pack.

Please read the 'Guidelines for on-line Application Form' before applying for this vacancy.

To complete a job application form please click the ‘Job Application form’ tab at the

top left of this page.

If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of a closing date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful and, in an attempt to cut costs, you will not automatically be informed.

Thank you